Radio opaque plastics and process of making

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1990-06-18

1992-02-18

Wilson, John J.

Dentistry

Method or material for testing, treating, restoring, or...

Endodontic

4332011, 623 11, A61C 502

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050889273

ABSTRACT:
A plastic article having heavy metal particles uniformly dispersed throughout the plastic article to produce a plastic article that is visible on an x-ray image of the plactic with one embodiment of the plastic article forming a solid tooth implant covered with a flowable gutta-percha filler material for insertion into the root canal of a tooth wherein a photoshadowgraph of a tooth containing the solid tooth implant and a solidified gutta-percha covering appears as a single image with the preferred mixture for the solid implant composition consists of about 50% by weight of a polymer plastic pellets and the balance about 50% by weigh of heavy metal particles selected from the group consisting of tungsten and tantalum particles.

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